Requirements

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Instructions

In order to see the mail log files, you should be logged into SSH as root.

For Plesk Users:

The email log is located in the following directory:

/usr/local/psa/var/log/

You can use the following command to view your mail log:

tail -f /usr/local/psa/var/log/maillog

To search for a particular string:

grep someone@example.com /usr/local/psa/var/log/maillog |more

Here's a typical log sequence showing the complete transmission of one piece of mail: